Improving viable low cost generic medication prescription rate in primary care pediatric practice.

ABSTRACT: The pediatric clinics of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MSU-CHM) consist of academic pediatricians serving two clinics with a patient population of 5200. The internal quality measures published by the MSU health team had consistently indicated our generic medications prescription rate to be very low, with an average of about 21% for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. There was an earnest need to increase our generic medication prescription rates, which is considered an indicator of good practice. The stakeholders identified were physicians, nurses, care managers, and the health information technology (HIT) team. The purpose of the project was to increase the prescribing rate of viable low cost and approved generic medications for the patients of the MSU-CHM general p

SUBMITTER: Sudhanthar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4693111 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature